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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF WASTE DUMP SITES ON RIVER NWORIE WATER QUALITY, NIGERIA

Table 1 - Present Physicochemical laboratory result of Nworie river

S/N

Parameter

W.H.O  Standard

Upstream (Station 1)

Midstream (Station 2)

Downstream (Station 3)

Mean value

1

Temperature, °(C)

20-30

28,6

29,2

29,0

28,9

2

Ph

6,5-8,5

5,8

5,8

5,2

5,6

3

Conductivity, (µs/cm)

100

54

87

105

82

4

Turbidity, (NTU)

5

119,2

390,4

210,8

240,13

5

Dissolved

Oxygen (mg/L)

≥4.0

6,4

6,1

5,7

6,06

6

Total Dissolved

Solids (mg/L)

250

35,10

56,55

68,25

53,3

7

Total Suspended

Solids (mg/L)

50

12

27

20

19,6

8

BOD (mg/L)

30

0,27

0,48

0,30

0,5

9

COD (mg/L)

15

1,152

0,76

0,48

0,8

10

Nitrate (mg/L)

40

53,4

81,6

62,8

65,93

11

Sulphate (mg/L)

100

10

15

5

10

12

Phosphate (mg/L)

5

11,3

42,0

10,8

21,36

13

Silica (mg/L)

-

1,37

0,88

0,78

1,01

14

Iron (mg/L)

0,3

0,32

0,66

0,42

0,46

15

Total

Chlorine (mg/L)

0,2-0,25

0,16

0,26

0,18

0,2

16

Free CO2

25

7,25

5,00

5,00

5,75